Improvement in flag-staff holders



J.*BATLEY.

FLAG STAFF HOLDER.

No.175,903. Patented. April11,1876.

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N.PE|ER5. PHDTO-LITHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JOHN BATLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF HISRIGHT TO CHARLES E. COLLIER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN FLAG-STAFF HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,903, dated April11, 1876; application filed March 2, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BATLEY, of the city and county of Philadelphia,in the State v of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Flag-Stan? Brackets, of which the following is aspecification:

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and convenient devicefor connecting a flag-staff to a window-sill, bracket, sign, or otherobject, afibrding ready means of attachment to and detachment from thesame, and preventing injury or defacement of the supporting surface; towhich ends my improvements consist in the combination of asocket orsockets, a flanged standard, and a clamping-screw, as hereinafter morefully set forth.

The accompanying drawing is a view, in perspective, of a flag-staifbracket embodying my improvements. A vertical standard, A,

carries, at its top, a socket, A for the recep tion of the flag-staff G,and is widened out at ts lower end, upon which is formed a horizontalflange, A. Between the socket A and the flange an arm, A is formed,which, for a portion of its length, is horizontal, and for the remaindereither vertical or curved, or inclined upwardly, its extremity beingprovided with a socket, A, in line with the socket A A verticalclamping'screw, B, engages a nut in the horizontal portion of the arm Aand carries a plate, I), on its lower end, the upper being provided withwings, b, or a milled head.

In order to prevent the flag-stafi from turning, I make the opening ofthe socket A square, or with flattened sides, the endof the staffbeingshaped to correspond. A set-screw, a, in the socket A serves tohold the staff firmly in position, and in order to adapt the socket tostafl's ot'diflerent diameters, its lower portion may be made angular orflattened, so that the staff may be wedged therein by the set-screw.

The dotted lines in the drawing show a portion of the sill orotherobject to which the bracket is attached, said object being firmlyclamped between the plate b of the screw B and the lower flange A of thestandard. The openings of the sockets A A, may be either at right anglesto the standard A or inclined thereto, and in cases where lightflag-staifs are used a single socket may suffice.

My improved bracket is readily adjustable to sills of difi'erent depths,and, as is obvious upon inspection, can be readily attached and removed.The methodof fastening employed, involving no penetrating points,renders it applicable to stone or metallic sills, &c., and wholly avoidsthe injury or disfiguration of the surface to which it is attached.

I claim as myiuvention, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent- Thevertical standard A, provided with the socket A horizontal flange A andbent arm A having the socket A in combination with the screw B passingthrough the bent arm A as and for the object specified.

JOHN BATLEY. Witnesses:

J. SNOWDEN BELL, F. E. HARDING.

